tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post115558570592093133..comments2015-07-31T03:59:12.505-07:00Comments on retired doc's thoughts: Osteopenia-A disease? when do you treat it with medicationsjames gaultehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537303135780186926noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post-11515995207020791942009-12-21T14:08:32.003-08:002009-12-21T14:08:32.003-08:00Osteopenia wasn&#39;t even considered a problem un...Osteopenia wasn&#39;t even considered a problem until Merck, the giant pharmaceutical company found a treatment for Osteoporosis and wasn&#39;t selling enough of the drug so they decided to create this as something that needed to be treated.<br />National Public broadcasting just did a complete story on this. Anyone being treated for this should go on line and listen to this program. 12/21/09Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post-1155922246714724772006-08-18T10:30:00.000-07:002006-08-18T10:30:00.000-07:00Osteopenia should be treated as soon after it is d...Osteopenia should be treated as soon after it is diagnosed that you can afford to take it.<BR/>At least that is "my take" on the long term studies.<BR/><BR/>The price is the big problem, not the drugs or the conditions. So economic studies show how wretchedly expensive those little tablets are.<BR/><BR/>(We have known for about 40 years that osteopenia from senile osteoporosis never gets a lot better, just somewhat better. The first drugs to turn this around, the biphosphonates, seem to be safer than I personally expected them to be.)<BR/><BR/>DocJimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com